Case for curling-iron heaters.



No. 7l6,9l5. Patented Dec. 30, I902;

n. .1. MALUOF.

CASE FOR GURLING IRON HEATERS.

(Application filed Apr. 25, 1901.) (No Model.)

Mil/1422 2 UNrrnI) STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MATHEW J. MALOOF, OF YORK, PENNSYLVANIA.

CASE FOR CURLlNG-IRON HEATERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 716,915, dated December 30, 1902.

' Application filed April 25, 1901. Serial No. 57,459. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, MATHEW J. MALOOF, a citizen of the United States, residing at York, in the county of York, State of Penn sylvania, having invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cases for Curling- Iron Heaters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to curling-irons; and it has for its object to provide a case or box which will tightly hold a curling-iron when not in use and will support it during the heating operation, a further object of the invention being to provide an independent lamp and a support therefor which will hold it in erect position, to provide receptacles for matches and hair-pins, and to provide accommodations for a comb.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several Views, Figure 1 is a plan view showing the case in open position with the curling-iron and the lamp folded therein and with the covers of the match and hair-pin receptacles drawn. Fig 2 is a detailed perspective'view looking into the body of the box with the lamp reclining and the cover of the box removed.

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown a box or casing including a rectangular body portion 5 and a hollow cover portion 6, and in the inner faces of the sides of the cover portion are formed grooves in which are engaged the slidable covers 7 and 8, provided for closing the compartments 9 and 10, which are formed by partitions disposed transversely of the cover. On the inner face of the top of the cover and between these compartments there is affixed abrasive material 12, forming a match-striker. A lamp is disposed in the body 5 of the box and includes a cylindrical body portion 13, provided with a hinge Mat its bottom,which is attached to the floor of the body, so that the lamp may be moved to lie against the floor or to stand erect to rest upon the plate 15, which is secured to the floor of the body and which plate compensates for the spacing of the hinge. At the base of the body of the lamp is a flange 16, which when the lamp is moved into vertical :position snaps under the spring-catch'17, se

cured to the floor of the body. A top 18 for the lamp is screwed onto the body of the lamp and carries a wick-tube 19, through which the wick is projected from the body of the lamp. A cap 19 is provided for the wicktube and is connected to the cap of the lamp by a chain 20.

The curling-iron 21, for which the case is provided, when in inclined position in the case rests with its body in the recess in the bottom of the case, with the free end of the curling portion in the notch of the rest 22 and with the spring-plate which carries the movable member of the iron resting upon the cross-piece 36, it being understood that the curling-iron employed is of that style known as the "self-heating"curling-iron, in which a lamp is placed in the handle to heat the metal portion of the device, the metal portion of the device comprising a cylindrical member and amovable curved plate which is supported by the spring-plate, this construction being well known in the art and being fully shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

Between the hinged lamp and the adjacent side of the box-body may be disposed a comb 4.0, and the box is provided with a latch to hold it in closed position.

It will be understood that in practice modifications of the specific construction shown may be made and that any suitable materials and proportions may be used without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The wick of the lamp and also of the curling-iron should entirely fill 'the recesses in which they are located, so that the alcohol or other combustible fluid will be entirely absorbed by the wicks, as this will lessen the liability of explosion.

What is claimed is 1. The combination with a casing of a lamp hinged therein, and adapted to lie within the casing and to stand erect and project therefrom, said lamp having a flanged base, and a spring-catch for engagement by the flange to hold the lamp in erect position.

2. A casing for curling-irons comprising a body portion having a lamp hinged therein to reclinein the casing and to stand erect, means for holding the lamp in erect position, supname, in the presence of two subscribing wit ports to receive the curling-iron in inclined nesses, on the 8th day of April, 1901. osition, a cover including compartments and lides engaged in grooves in the inner faces MATHEW MALOOF' 5 of the sides of the cover and adapted to close Witnesses:

the compartments. T. W. THOMSON,

In testimony whereof I hereunto sign my R. H. HOOK, 

